Eco 2016-04-09 (B)
Eco 2016-04-09 (B)
Eco 2016-04-09 (B)
Kartei Details
| Karten | 54 |
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| Sprache | English |
| Kategorie | Englisch |
| Stufe | Universität |
| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 16.04.2016 / 24.04.2016 |
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noun 1. a witty remark. "Peter ate heartily with a ... about being a condemned man" synonyms: joke, witty remark, witticism, jest, pun, sally, pleasantry, epigram, aphorism verb 1. make a witty remark. "‘Flattery will get you nowhere,’ she ...ed" synonyms: joke, jest, pun, sally, banter
adjective very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail. "she dressed with ... care" synonyms: scrupulous, punctilious, painstaking, meticulous, assiduous, sedulous, perfectionist, fussy, finicky, dainty, over-particular very concerned about matters of cleanliness. "the child seemed ... about getting her fingers dirty"
adjective 1. (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating. "his voice had become increasingly ..." synonyms: harsh, raucous, rough, grating, rasping, jarring, loud, stentorian, shrill, screeching, piercing, ear-piercing 2. presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way. "public pronouncements on the crisis became less ..."
noun SV: stelkramp 1. a bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles. 2. PHYSIOLOGY the prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli.
noun 1. BRITISH informal common sense; practical intelligence. "if he had any ... at all, he'd sell the film rights" 2. PHILOSOPHY the mind or intellect.
adjective deserving blame. "mercy killings are less ... than ‘ordinary’ murders" synonyms: to blame, guilty, at fault, in the wrong, blameworthy, blameable, censurable, reproachable, reprovable, found wanting
adjective 1. promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters. "the ruler's tyrannical and ... behaviour" synonyms: dissolute, dissipated, debauched, degenerate, salacious, immoral, wanton, decadent, depraved, profligate, impure, sinful, wicked, corrupt, indecent, libertine 2. archaic disregarding accepted conventions, especially in grammar or literary style.
noun contemptuous ridicule or mockery. "my stories were greeted with ... and disbelief" synonyms: mockery, ridicule, jeering, jeers, sneers, scoffing, jibing, taunts
noun elaborate display or ceremony. "the ... of George V's jubilee" synonyms: spectacle, display, ceremony, ceremoniousness, magnificence, pomp, glory, splendour, grandeur, glamour, flourish, glitter, theatricality, drama, show, showiness
adjective 1. existing, happening, or done at the same time. "there are three ... art fairs around the city" synonyms: simultaneous, coincident, coinciding, contemporaneous, synchronous 2. agreeing or consistent.
atrophy
verb 1. (of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution. "the calf muscles will ..." synonyms: waste away, waste, become emaciated, wither, shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, become shrunken, dry up, decay, wilt 2. gradually decline in effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect. "the imagination can ... from lack of use" synonyms: peter out, taper off, tail off, dwindle, deteriorate, decline, wane, fade, fade away, fade out, give in, give up, give way, crumble, disintegrate, collapse, slump, go downhill, draw to a close, subside noun 1. the process of ...ing or state of having ...ed. "gastric ..." synonyms: wasting, wasting away, emaciation, withering, shrivelling, shrivelling up, shrinking, drying up, wilting, decaying, decay
verb literary 1. (especially of a man) bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction. "they hoped that the King might ... an heir by his new queen" synonyms: father, sire, engender, generate, spawn, create, give life to, bring into being, bring into the world, have 2. cause; bring about. "killings ... more killings" synonyms: cause, give rise to, lead to, result in, bring about, create, produce, generate, engender, spawn, occasion, effect, bring to pass, bring on, precipitate, prompt, provoke, kindle, trigger, spark off, touch off, stir up, whip up, induce, inspire, promote, foster
noun 1. NORTH AMERICAN a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime. "an ... for conspiracy" synonyms: charge, accusation, arraignment, citation, summons 2. a thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned. "these rapidly escalating crime figures are an … of our society"
verb use force in order to move, move apart, or open (something). "I tried to ... Joe's fingers away from the stick" synonyms: lever, force, wrench, pull, wrest, twist obtain something from (someone) with effort or difficulty. "I got the loan, though I had to ... it out of him" synonyms: extract/obtain with difficulty, worm out; winkle out "it shouldn't have been necessary to ... information from them"
